Brush



Patented July 30, 1929.

v um@ fsw" HENRY E.. J. wAcKwrrz, or Pour wasn fueron, NEW YORK, unsrer-LN n.1wACK- wrrz, or LvNDHuas'r, NEW JERSEY.

- BRUSH. 'Y

' Applcationled January 29, 1927. VSerial No. 164,555.`

Our' invention relatesV yparticularly to brushes for paint and varnish. Themain object isv to provide improvements on the brush of vPatent 1,277 ,508, dated September 3, 1918. In detail we have sought to simplify the construction and yet protect the parts from injury and from accidental operation.

Another object is to make it possible to apply more power for thepurpose of operating the prop or support.

According to our invention, we provide a prop or support independent of the bristles for supporting the brush in a standing position. This prop is normally housed within the body and handle of the brush and is adapted to be, when the brush is not in use, in a position where it will bear the weight of the brush without injuring the bristles.

The operating means for this prop or support consists of a gear mounted or housec entirely within'the body of the brush and provided with external crank arm by which it may befoperated.

In the accompanying drawing we have illustrated one form of the invention.

Fig. 1 is a side view of the brush construction embodying our invention, part ofthe bristles being broken away to disclose the tip of the prop and the inner operating mechanism being shown dotted.

F ig. 2 is a transverse sectional view of the construction. f'

. Fig. 3 is a side view, part of the handlev and bristles being broken away.

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary sectional view. The body 5 of the brush may be of any suitable material such as wood or metal, and

made up of one or more parts. Y

The handle 6 may be of any suitable construction and secured to the body lin any suitable manner.

The bristles 7 may be of any suitable type and secured or set in the body in any suitable mann'er. Usually and preferably, the

body and upper ends of the bristles will be enclosed and protected by means of a metal. shell or band 8 which may serve as a part' of the means of connection between the bristles 'and the body. y

The prop or support 9 is in the form of a rod or stem which may have any suitable form of lower end or ltip adapted to rest upon a support when in the projected position shown in Fig. 1.v This rod is movable lfarm on to it from either direction.

longitudinally of passage 10.

The rod is'ad tatable gear 11 which is housed in a lrecess in the body and provided with suitable teeth for frictional engagement with the stem of the supporting rod. The operating gear the body and `handle i apted to be operated` byl a ro;

is provided withatransverse shaft 120i l' suitable constructionin the body and provided with an external crank arm 13. The

Vother end of the shaftv may be suitablyfy The Vbody is preferably provided with a l projectinglug 15.' This lugis preferably inclined at its opposite edges so as to facilitate the movement of the end of the crank j This lug is also provided with two notches 16 and 17 adapted to receive acorrespondingly' shaped projection at the rear ofthe crank arm behind'the knob or finger piece 18 so as to hold the crank arm in position and prevent it from accidentally rotating and further preventing the rod 9 fro-m moving longitudinally. A

Y A stop 19 vmay be provided between the notches 16 and 17 to limit the rotationof the" crank handle. Obviously thecrank handle may be on either end of the shaft 12. VWe, also prefer to omit the teeth at Hthe inner end of the rod 9 so as to preventv the rod from being pulled. out entirely. The rod9 preferably has an enlargement 2O serving as a valvel to close the lower end` of the passage 10 when the prop is retracted and the brush in use so as to prevent entry of paint or varnish.

In the position shown in Fig. 1, the sup- Vporting member Vis locked in its projected position, atswhich time lthe crank arm is seated in the recess 16. By rotating the 1. A brush having a body with a handle, a

its retracted position. 'f

crank arm in aright-hand or clockwise diprop rod longitudinally movable in the body and handle,-a rotatable driving member entirely housed within said body and geared tosaid rod, said member having an operating crank-arm external to said body and rotatable alongside of the body to effect the movement of said rod and means for preventing accidental movement of said rod.

2.' A brush having'a body with a handle, a prop rod movable Within the bodya member rotatablewithin the body andconnected to said rod', van external crank connected to said member and a raised boss having an inclined endl on one side of the body and having` a recess to receive a .part of said'orank,

y said crank having a projecting part adapted to slide up said inclined end and fit in said recess. 1 V

3. A brush having body with a. handle,

a prop rod movable therein, an operating membervvithin the body, an operating handle therefor outside of said body, operative means of connection betiveen said handle and said operating member, said body having a projection with inclined ends and two recesses adapted to receive a part of the handle to hold the same in either of two positions, said handle having a projecting part adapted toslide over said inelinedgends and fit in said recesses. Y HENRY E.V J. `WACKWITZ. JOHN 'WACKWITZ l 

